Argument Against NASA

If you put an animal in a small room that is located in a vast building, with the door open, there is no doubt that it will take the chance to explore the building rather than stay in the small room. It is the same insatiable curiosity that we humans show, when regarding our planet and the galaxy that surrounds it. NASA is our doorway to the galaxy giving us the ability to explore the unknown that toys with our curiosity. However, that door is slowly closing. In an attempt to lower the debt that United States is facing, NASA’s budget is being decreased each year. The attempt has not helped with anything, America’s debt growing more and more each year, aiding to the fact that NASA is not the problem. Instead NASA should be funded more, and for many reasons. For starters, NASA has helped produce many different inventions due to its research, such as insulation, CT scanners and even memory foam, all used to make spacecraft landings and flight more safe and comfortable. Satellite technology, developed to monitor the planets and take pictures of our universe, has lead to many major conveniences in our lives such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), which people normally use to find their way around when driving, and phone systems that allow us to communicate to people across the …show more content…
In 2009, the Johnson Space Center generated about $2.96 billion in business volume, and the Kennedy Space Center accounted for $4.1 billion of Florida's financial activity. Studies have estimated that for every $1 dollar that NASA spends on Earth, there is about $7 to $14 return on investment (Lyons.) Not only is there great benefit to NASA’s spending, but all of the money they spend stays here on Earth, because there aren’t any places to spend it in space, leaving more of a chance that the money will be stay with